Browns Creek (Eocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.8° S, 143.4° E: paleocoordinates 58.2° S, 141.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Dennant. 1902. Descriptions of new species of corals from the Australian Tertiaries, Part 5. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26:255-264 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122437: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Conosmilia granulata4, "Placotrochus inflectus n. sp." = Periplacotrochus inflectus3
Conosmilia granulata4 Dennant 1904 stony coral
"Placotrochus inflectus n. sp." = Periplacotrochus inflectus3 Dennant 1903 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Guyniidae
Cyathosmilia velata n. sp.
Cyathosmilia velata n. sp. Dennant 1902 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parasmilia hermani n. sp.2, Parasmilia lucens n. sp.4, Desmophyllum joannense n. sp.2, Ceratotrochus clinatus n. sp.3, Trochocyathus maplestonei n. sp.3, Trochocyathus infracompressus n. sp.3
Parasmilia hermani n. sp.2 Dennant 1902 stony coral
Parasmilia lucens n. sp.4 Dennant 1904 stony coral
Desmophyllum joannense n. sp.2 Dennant 1902 stony coral
Ceratotrochus clinatus n. sp.3 Dennant 1903 stony coral
Trochocyathus maplestonei n. sp.3 Dennant 1903 stony coral
Trochocyathus infracompressus n. sp.3 Dennant 1903 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
"Trematotrochus declivis n. sp." = Foveolocyathus declivis1
"Trematotrochus declivis n. sp." = Foveolocyathus declivis1 Dennant 1901 stony coral
1Dennant 1901; 2Dennant 1902; 3Dennant 1903; 4Dennant 1904